Yulia Putintseva and Heather Watson will play each other in the qualifications of the Rothesay International for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yulia Putintseva who should win in 3 sets.
Yulia Putintseva -> 1.615
Heather Watson -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Yulia Putintseva vs. Heather Watson
This will be the 5th time that Yulia Putintseva and Heather Watson square off. The head to head is 2-2 for Putintseva and Watson (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Watson won 5-7 6-4 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Hua Hin back in January 2023.
Yulia Putintseva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-27 | 17-17 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-22 | 22-15 | 9-4 | 1-2 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-27 | 19-17 | 13-8 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-21 | 9-11 | 15-7 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-24 | 14-12 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 50, Yulia will start her run in Eastbourne after she played her last match at the Paris where she lost 6-3 3-6 6-2 to Stephens in the 3rd round on the 2nd of June.
The Kazakhstani has a compiled 15-14 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on grass.
Talking about her overall career, Yulia has an overall 393-299 record. She has a negative 16-21 record on grass.
Previously in Eastbourne
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. See her history.
Heather Watson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-18 | 9-10 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-20 | 16-11 | 1-4 | 8-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-25 | 18-13 | 2-4 | 6-3 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-26 | 14-13 | 4-6 | 6-3 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-21 | 6-13 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 145, heather will start her run in Eastbourne after she played her last match in Nottingham where she lost 6-4 7-5
to Boulter in the semifinal on the 17th of June.The Brit has a compiled 22-13 win-loss record in 2023, 5-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Heather’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the W25 Glasgow and the W40+H Calvi.
In terms of her career, Watson has an overall 396-320 record. She has a positive 59-52 record on grass.
Previously in Eastbourne
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2014 and 2017. See her history.
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Panna UdvardyUdvardy – Ana BogdanBogdan (0-5) – H2H and prediction
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Madison BrengleBrengle (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Barbora StrycovaStrycova – Caty McNallyMcNally (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lauren DavisDavis – Diane ParryParry (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Magdalena FrechFrech (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Heather WatsonWatson (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Cristina BucsaBucsa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dalma GalfiGalfi – Xiyu WangWang (0-1) – H2H and prediction